Example sentences of "[vb base] for it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Test for it with a screwdriver . |
| 2 | We cry for it in the night , for this perfect union . |
| 3 | Having found the appropriate class number from the card , look for it in the subject or classified catalogue and flick through the cards of that particular number . |
| 4 | Look for it in the carpentry section . |
| 5 | Oh , this , this is a very important book of course and one of the , one of the astonishing things is the way totally ignored and if you look through even people who write about psychoanalyses and the social sciences and there 's a lot of them , this book is hardly ever mentioned and I , I normally nowadays routinely look for it in the , in the references and index an and many books th that purport to talk about groups and sociology is never mentioned I think , and those that do do n't ever seem to understand what it says . |
| 6 | Now it 's shrinking and the dye is coming out — look at the water , it 's bright red — you see , you ignore good instructions in your wilfulness and laziness and pride and you pay for it with a ruined skirt . |
| 7 | You should have told him that we pay for it by the gallon not by the year ! |
| 8 | Sometimes I 'm rather greedy and I do eat more than I should , and then you pay for it in the end . |
| 9 | Yes you normally pay for it in the following year . |
| 10 | If we want something , then we go for it in the best possible way we know . |
| 11 | ‘ In the one-day game you have to be positive and go for it from the word go . |
| 12 | Ask for it with a kick and you 'll fly down to the beach . ’ |
| 13 | As I search for it on the pavement , one of the girls says , ‘ Look at the yid licking the gutters for pennies . ’ |